The Russellville Democrat., 1887-06-01

A MiSER's PET DOG.
How Terrier Mourils the Death of Mas
 ter Missed by No Human Friend.

Rover, the old canine friend and com panion of miser Joe Perry, lonely and broken-hearted. keeps faithful watch i ia the silent yard of his dead masters house on Locust street. Hour by hour, day and night, he lies watching the time-worn door and whines and paws at it's rotten boards But 1t doesn't open as it was wont to do at his lightest scratch. He whines out his grief as he used to bark his opinions at neighbor- ing CUTS. It would have been char itable ending if old Rover had been found dead in the little back room with the old miser and his partner. The woman who keeps the grocery store next door to the house of gold and filth pushes food to the dog through hole in the fence every day, but Rover seldom touches it and is daily growing weaker. The little terrier has stubby tail, short legs and a shaggy coat of sorrel color hair. He was q pup when given to Perry a number of years ago.
 Rover was the only living thing that shared the miser's fullest confidence. When Perry would leave the house to collect debt or visit liquor saloon Rover was generally trotting by his side. If the miser should go away without Rover it would not be long before the dog would discover the absence of his master and start to search for him. The terrier was we'll known in the neighbor- hood.
 Whiae looking for Perry he would peep into the nearby groggeries and if the miser was not to be found in the saloons the dog would soon be scratch ing the door of old John McGough's house. If he found Perry he would jump about him, paw his legs and give unmistakable evidence that he wanted him to come home. If Perry was ready he would follow the dog, but should his talk of avaTice be not complete he would tell Rover to go and make tour among the garbage buckets of the al- leys. And Rover would go and do as directed. Some times the dog would find Perry in one of the saloons buying his daily supply of rum. If the miser fingered too long Rover would show his impatience by tugging at the tattered trousers of the reeluse.
 On several occasions the hoarding auctioneer got burdensome load of bad whisky aboard and was helped to his door by colored men, who repaid themselves by relieving the miser of his silver time-piece and it's shoe-string chain, but it never happened while the terrier was around.
 There is pear tree in the yard and when this was bearing it's fruit, then was the time that little Rover had to be yigilant. He was not only faithful and sagacious but cunning. Two years ago an eight-year-old pickaninny was peeping into the yard with his white eyeballs turned wistfully to the pear tree. Rover saw him but pretended that he was asleep, until the darkey stepped in and made for the tree. Then the terrier made dash for the gate and cut off the frightened lad. The dog parked his loudest and brought out Perry, who caught the robber. But it was unfortunate for the old man, as the pickaninny was vicious and he struck the miser on the head with a stone and made his escape.
 Rover was caught by the dog-catch- CTS about two years ago. It was early on spring morning and the dog was out on hunt for one of the old men who had slipped away for the matuti- nal supply of corn-juice. The terrier had been away from the house but a few minutes when he was seen by a dog-catcher on Locust street. Rover made heroic endeayor to get back home, but the darky and his big net were too much for him and he was soon among whelps, mongrels and CUTS in the wagon of the pound man. Perry heard the yells of the dog and hurried into the street He made a piteous appeal for the release of his terrier, but the men refused to free Rover until the owner had paid the fine. After exerting himself for twenty minutes the miser was crushed to find that he couldn't secure a reduction on the fine, but his love for the dog was great and he finally brought out tho money and the terrier was released.- Phiiu{eiDhin Times